Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

GABAA receptor dependent synaptic inhibition rapidly tunes KCC2 activity via the Cl−-sensitive WNK1 kinase

  • Martin Heubl,
  • Jinwei Zhang,
  • Jessica C. Pressey,
  • Sana Al Awabdh,
  • Marianne Renner,
  • Ferran Gomez-Castro,
  • Imane Moutkine,
  • Emmanuel Eugène,
  • Marion Russeau,
  • Kristopher T. Kahle,
  • Jean Christophe Poncer,
  • Sabine Lévi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01749-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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GABAergic transmission regulates the K+-Cl− co-transporter KCC2. Here the authors demonstrate that inhibitory transmission, via GABAA receptor and WNK signaling, regulates KCC2 expression in the membrane of hippocampal neurons.